Strawberries and Cream fungus / Hydnellum peckii
Don't call me 'Gopher'
Green jelly mass on Buller Pond
Above the tree line
Unexpected closeness
A view from Mt. Shark
Pine Siskin at Jackie's
Swainson's Hawk on an early morning hunt
Tiny Hummingbird at Highwood House
Female Spruce Grouse with one of her young
The cutest little furball
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel
Mt. Buller, Buller Pond, Kananaskis
Bighorn Sheep - she's a beauty
A bright splash of blue in August
Northern Willowherb / Epilobium ciliatum
Young Spruce Grouse
Northern Gentian
A gathering of female Bighorn Sheep
One of my favourite meadows
Popular with the flies
Looking beautiful
Geometry can be such a challenge
A joy to behold
House Wren at the Ellis Bird Farm
Thistles galore
Sharp-tailed Grouse / Tympanuchus phasianellus
Slightly patterned
Gaillardia with little visitor
Treasures of the forest floor
Yellow Owl's-clover / Orthocarpus luteus
Unidentified fungus
Wind-blown Osprey
Mt Lorette Ponds, Kananaskis
Paintbrush - green flowers, red bracts
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Strawberries and cream fungus / Hydnellum peckii
Osprey take-off
Nest-building Dad
Fly Agaric / Amanita muscaria
Now they can't see me
Loved by Monarch butterflies
Large, fat-stalked mushroom
Homestead remnants
Reaching those faraway feathers
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Beauty in the forest


Three days ago, on 17 August 2016, I drove my painfully noisy vehicle for just a very short distance, as far as a local park. Each year, I tend to visit the area to look for any mushrooms, and I knew that I just couldn't miss a quick visit. Found a few fungi to photograph, so I was happy. Then I remembered that I had found mushrooms in a different part of the park in other years, so yesterday, I risked an even shorter drive to see what I could find. Everywhere was very dry and I saw quite a few shrivelled fungi. Luckily, I came across a few that were fresher and worth photographing. So dark in the forest and many photos were not as sharp as I would have liked, including this mushroom growing on a tree trunk. I tried so hard to get a sharp photo, but this was the best that I got.
At the end of my walk, I sat at a picnic table near the parking lot and kept an eye on all the large holes in the ground, made by Richardson's Ground Squirrels. I was just about ready to give up, when I happened to look down close to my feet and there was one solitary 'Gopher' three or four feet away from me. They are such fun to watch. Returned home without running into a Police car, which could very easily have pulled me over because of the dreadful noise my car is making. Today, 20 August 2016, is day 12 since ordering my new car .... sigh.
At the end of my walk, I sat at a picnic table near the parking lot and kept an eye on all the large holes in the ground, made by Richardson's Ground Squirrels. I was just about ready to give up, when I happened to look down close to my feet and there was one solitary 'Gopher' three or four feet away from me. They are such fun to watch. Returned home without running into a Police car, which could very easily have pulled me over because of the dreadful noise my car is making. Today, 20 August 2016, is day 12 since ordering my new car .... sigh.
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